Improvement in coin-holders



W. H. CRAIG. Coin-Holder.

N0. 208,573. Patented Oct. 1, 1878,

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\VILLIAM H. CRAIG, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,573, dated October 1, 1878; application filed August 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CRAIG, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin Packages, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a novel construction and combination of blanks of paper or other suitable material, whereby a package is obtained which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, capable of being folded into a small compass when empty, and admits of counting or examining its contents without unsealing or breaking the package.

The invention is fully illustrated in he accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side view of my improved coin-package when filled, the dotted lines illustrating the manner of sealing it. Fig. 2 is a top view of same; Fig. 3, a top view of the package, with the sealin g-head removed to show one of the methods of securing the ties or hands to the head. Fig. 4 is a side view of the package when empty, showing its capability of folding into a small compass; Fig. 5, a top view of same; and Fig. 6, a plan view illustrating more fully the detail construction of the package.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a a are blanks of round, octagon, or other suitable form, and of the size of the coin to be contained by the package of which said blanks form the heads or end pieces. These heads are connected with each other by longitudinal strips or bands b b, arranged at intervals around the package to form a series of openings extending the length of the package.

The bands b b may either be formed with the blank a, in one piece, or consist of separate blanks, attached to the head in a manner best suited for the material employed.

When made of paper, I prefer to make the bands b b long enough to reach completely around the length of the package, and attach them at their center between the two blanks a a of one of the heads by pasting the parts together. The extremities of all the bands, except one, are pasted or otherwise attached to the outer face of the inner blank, a, of the opposite head of the package, and the extremity ot the remaining band b is attached to the inner face of the outer blank, a, of said head. The latter blank is coated with paste on the under side, for the purpose of sealing it to the other blank, a, and the thereto attached ends of bands thus doubly securing the latter.

It will be observed that by employing narrow bands for tying the two heads of the package to each other I form longitudinal openings in the package, and thus give access to its contents for counting or examining without unsealing or breaking the package; and by using paper or other pliable material for the bands b b, I am enabled to fold the empty package into a small compass, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing.

If sheet metal or other stiff material is desired for the manufacture of the package, the bands b b may be formed with the heads a of one blank of a form similar to that shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing, and in that form is also conveniently packed for the trade.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A coin-package constructed of blanks a a and a, a and bands b b, the latter secured at the middle of their length transverse to each other and to the blanks a a, and engaging at their extremities the blanks a and a", substantially as described.

2. A coin-package composed of heads or end pieces and longitudinal strips or bands, arranged at intervals around the package, those upon one side thereof being attached at both ends to the respective heads, and the remainder having one end free and adapted to be sealed or attached to the opposite head, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the blanks a a, having extended therefrom bmds b b b b, a portion of said bands attached at their end to blank to, and the remainder of said bands attached at the end to the sealing-blank a substantially as described and shown, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM H. CRAIG. Witnesses:

A. BELL, 0. BENDIXEN. 

